Today we introduce a new evolution of the Tesla Motors corporate blog. As you can see, we have now gone from one blog to four “channels.” In addition, we will move away from posting predictably every Wednesday (well, almost) to a more fluid schedule. You might also see some more variation between blogs that are […]

Stephen Casner spent 25 years working on protocols and systems for transmission of audio and video over packet networks, starting before the Internet existed and continuing through the Internet Multicast Backbone (MBONE). He was recruited to the Silicon Valley to work with startup Precept Software and its IP/TV product, which was later acquired by Cisco. […]

We’ve just achieved a significant milestone on our road to Tesla Roadster production. Our first Validation Prototype was assembled at the Hethel facility in the U.K. and was recently airlifted to our San Carlos, Calif., workshop to commence system testing.

VP1 at the Hethel, U.K., facility. The car is riding
a little high because the battery pack […]

I’ve been reading Michael Schnayerson’s book, The Car That Could, about the inside story on the development of General Motor’s EV1. It’s a fascinating read and I recommend it to anyone interested in the history of modern electric vehicle development. I had the good fortune of meeting the author during my first week at Tesla […]

Last week Tesla Motors announced the selection of a site in west Albuquerque where we will build a 150,000 square foot assembly facility for our planned four door sports sedan, code-named WhiteStar. Response to the news has been tremendous, and we’ve received numerous requests for more information about the decision. Ron Lloyd, who headed up […]

Jon Mittelhauser is one of the early developers of the World Wide Web. As a Master’s student at the University of Illinois, he co-wrote the first widely used web browser, NCSA Mosaic, and helped to define many of the earliest web protocols. Upon earning his Master’s degree for the work on Mosaic, he left […]

From the earliest days of our work developing the Tesla Roadster’s body, we realized we had several major challenges on our hands. We had to achieve a low level of aerodynamic drag to increase efficiency, and we had to keep our mass down in order to maintain a high power-to-weight ratio and achieve maximum acceleration. […]

One week before I joined Tesla Motors as the new Vice President of Marketing, I went to the San Francisco Auto Show to check out the Tesla Motors display and do some research on my new industry. I had to pinch myself, thinking that attending an auto show could be related to my day job. […]

Dr. Rob Wilder is CEO of WilderShares LLC and manager of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index, the first Index/Fund on Wall Street for renewable energy, better energy efficiency, and zero-carbon solutions. He is also a Lecturer at University of California, San Diego, and was previously on faculty at University of California, Santa Barbara, and University […]

Let me start off by apologizing to Dr. Robert Wilder, one of our customers who was slated to post here this week. You will hear from him next week, but today I want to comment on President Bush’s State of the Union speech.
Our spies in Washington gave me a heads-up that President Bush would address […]